Jukebox reaffirms what a polished artist Cat Power's Chan Marshall became after her Memphis soul homage The Greatest. Made with her touring act, the Dirty Delta Blues Band, the album's blend of country, soul, blues, and jazz feels lived-in and natural, like a particularly well-recorded concert. Marshall makes bold choices, turning Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" slinky and smoky, but the song's desperate loneliness remains. She pays Bob Dylan homage with a gritty, defiant, yet reverent take on "I Believe in You" from his 1978 Christian album Slow Train Coming; "Song to Bobby," Jukebox's lone new track, is inspired by Dylan so thoroughly that she borrows his trademark cadences without sounding like an impersonator. Instead, Marshall remains a gifted interpreter on this and the album's other songs.
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